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TIL that Iraq shuts down the internet to prevent cheating during school exams

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b9mDQ TIL that pop-up ads were created by Ethan Zuckerman and he issued an apology for ever creating them in 2014.
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LQdMp TIL All North Koreans are considered citizens of South Korea by South Korea's government
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l7WG7 TIL On August 9, 1942, a starving orchestra performed Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, in besieged Leningrad during WWII, using music as an act of defiance against Nazi forces.